What's The Greatest Song Lyric Ever?

Craig Carton (0:01)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, what?

Chris McMonigle (0:05)

We know that yeah.

Craig Carton (0:05)

Yeah, yeah, what?

Chris McMonigle (0:07)

We know who that belongs to.

Craig Carton (0:10)

Yeah, oh, yeah, what? Yeah.

Chris McMonigle (0:16)

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Craig Carton (0:42)

Do I know what? As my guy Little Wayne said, maybe the greatest line ever written. Although he doesn't write his stuff down. Safe sex is great sex. Better wear a latex, because you don't want that latex that I think I'm latexed.

Come on now, what are we doing? You tell me anyone's ever written anything better than that line in the history of rap.

Chris McMonigle (1:03)

There's plenty of them.

Craig Carton (1:04)

I would tell you, that might be the greatest written line of all time.

Chris McMonigle (1:07)

I'll give you M&M ones.

Craig Carton (1:09)

By the way, M&M is brilliant. I got no quarrel with M&M.

Safe sex is great sex. Better wear a latex, because you don't want that latex that I think I'm latexed. He's a wordsmith.

Chris McMonigle (1:23)

That is good.

Craig Carton (1:25)

Good.

Chris McMonigle (1:25)

That's very clever.

Craig Carton (1:26)

Good.

Chris McMonigle (1:27)

It's good wordplay.

Craig Carton (1:28)

Good.

Chris McMonigle (1:29)

It's quality wordplay.

Craig Carton (1:29)

Maybe the greatest line I've ever written.

Chris McMonigle (1:31)

I guess so. You know my favorite line.

Craig Carton (1:33)

Other than, have you ever gone over a friend's house seat and the food just ain't no good? I mean, the macaroni's soggy, the peas are mush, and the chicken tastes like wood. So you try to play it off like you think you can by saying that's your foe, but your friend says, my, he's just being polite. He ain't finished, oh, that's bull.

That might be a good line, too.

Chris McMonigle (1:51)

That's the Sugar Hill Gang. You know what my favorite lyric in music history is?

Craig Carton (1:55)

As long as you and Nick Costas don't try to battle each other again, then I'll say, I'd love to hear it.

Chris McMonigle (2:00)

Through all the hatin, debatin, whether or not you can even weather the storm. People love that video. I got so many compliments on that one.

Craig Carton (2:06)

Did you?

Chris McMonigle (2:07)

No, the opposite. Yeah.

Craig Carton (2:08)

Two chunky white guys.

Chris McMonigle (2:11)

No, in my opinion, and because I was thinking about this, because someone asked me, I forget, was it on the air? Someone else asked me my favorite lyric in music, in rock music, and it belongs to Paul Simon. And it's very simple, but I think it's just spectacular.

Craig Carton (2:26)

Down by the schoolyard?

Chris McMonigle (2:27)

Nope.

Craig Carton (2:28)

Me and Julio?

Chris McMonigle (2:29)

It's in a little song.

Craig Carton (2:29)

Which sounds like a bit of like, pedophilic type thing, but go ahead.

Chris McMonigle (2:35)

No, I don't know why.

Craig Carton (2:36)

Why would you be with Julio down by the schoolyard? You weirdo.

Chris McMonigle (2:40)

I don't know. Julio's picking you up to take you to the Yankee game.

Craig Carton (2:43)

Okay, well, maybe that's what's happening.

Chris McMonigle (2:46)

No, it's very simple, but I love, Trevor, do you know the song Diamonds on the Soles of Your Shoes?

Craig Carton (2:52)

Not by name.

Chris McMonigle (2:53)

Well, that's my favorite lyric. She wears diamonds on the soles of her shoes. That's one way to cure these walking blues.

Diamonds on the soles of your shoes.

Craig Carton (3:01)

Oh, Louang blows that out of the water.

Chris McMonigle (3:02)

I like that lyric. I think that's great. It's a great lyric.

Craig Carton (3:04)

I mean, please, Paul Simon could hold a candle.

Chris McMonigle (3:06)

It's not the same word play, but that's my favorite lyric in music history.

Craig Carton (3:09)

Here is Sean in Newtown, Connecticut. I'm the fan, Sean. Good afternoon, sir.

Chris McMonigle (3:15)

What's up, guys? How are you today?

Craig Carton (3:17)

Good, thank you.

Chris McMonigle (3:18)

Good. How are you?

Chris McMonigle (3:20)

Good. Just wanted to give you a little story about when I went down to ground zero. Yeah. First of all, a friend of mine who was retired at DNY, he picked me up, we went down. First thing we did was put the father judge at his funeral. And the crazy thing about that was, Bill Clinton was walking down the sidewalk on the other side, and this guy comes out and just starts yelling at him, screaming at him that this is his fault.